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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-30

The Standard oil Company and the
Bell Telephone Company have won the
Pennsylvania and New York Legisla-
lures, but the record may serve to leave
out some of the statesmen at the next
election.
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YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
EXERCISES FOR HEALTH AND FOR
FUN ON PARALLEL BARS.
How Boys and Girls Can Make Coal
Gas In the Bowl of Pipe, Like That
Burned In the streets aud Houses Of
Towns and Large Cities.

OF the many substances which are found In
the earth none, perhaps is Of greater use TO
a nation than coal Coal contains carbon
for 10 burns and yields carbOnic acid gas, by
combining with the oxygen Of the air Coal
is substance Of vegetable origin, found
sometimes deep in the earth, and sometimes
at the surface II You examine the roof and
walls Of a coal pit. You will often see the cast
Of leaves and plants. which shows that plants
have been buried long ago deep in the earth,
and their substance ha. gone 90 form coal.
From coal coal gas is manufactured and
what remains after the gas has been ex-
tracted is called coke Now YOU can make
some coal gas in small way, IN fact iu
tobacco pipe, and 10 will be-, in miniature, the
process used in towns and cite, for manufac-
turing gas, only in the latter case large iron
ret0rts are employed boz place of the pipe
The Farmer not only furnished the drawing
for our picture, but tells Low 10 make the
gas
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DANCING ACADEMY
MEDICAL.
DIR. ROBERTSON.


~ " UHlIIIIWTN- NIW--
the known physician and surgeon and
the Oldest reliable specialist Irregular
GRADUATED in Baltimore city,
from = years experience in hospital and
special practice, guarantees a permanent cure
IN All frFate Diseases, both sexes. skin dis
orders, Blood pOisOns, structures, and all dis
eases OF the Urinary Organs. Married or Sin
gle men troubled with Organic or Nervous
weakness, lmpotency Qoss OF sexual power,
Nlght Emissions, premature decay. want Of
the Doctor
Recent or Chronic Urethral Diseases positive
~ cured IN 10 days, and the poison entire Y
eradicated from the system without the use Of
Mercury or Caustics.
Consultation free and confidential.
Special treatment for ladies needing medica.
advice.
Medicines sent to any address. Call or write
no t-ly
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These communities therefore pay into
the States treasury SGS444O more than
they take out, while the nine Southwest
counties take ont S2l .OG3 more than they
pay i'm.
lfthegreat Southwest is foreman fixed
upon the rest of The State as "a sort of
elcemosynory charge i'm the name ofco
mon sense. Jet her at least permit the
other counties who want TO stand well
before the world pay out their money TO
their creditors.
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500 pm. accommodation. leaves Broad street
station arrives Ht Ashland at pm.
500 pm. leaves Elm, arrives at Ashland no
b.if pm.
6.s5 ann. arrives at Elm. leaves Ashland at
524 ann.
$50 am. accommodation, arrives no bfoao-
street station lcayes Ashland at B
ann.
$50 pm. arrives at t.ha. leaves Ashland at
5.l2 pm.
C.A.TAYLOR. General Ticket Agent
q. T. ID. MYERS. General Sup rIntcndcnt
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The Canada fish officer, Captain Scott.
Is preparing his navy to swoop down on
the Yankee mackerel fleet and the cod and
mackerel will soon rise to the dignity of
international issues.
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~The worst ease of absent miuiedness
ever knew of. said q hotel keeper out at III
GIN. occurred u my house few weeks ago
The perpetraior was my night porter wa
at the desk one night when "a man came n SD
drunk Doe couldn't sign his name. lie was a
trayeIiu. man whom | knew, and So OK course
decided to fake good care OF him. john
SAYS t0 the porter, take this man up stairs
and pat h.m to bed and put his yall,e away
iu the check room just then / was called
away by the sickness Of member m my
family. and thought no more of my guest
nor of the porter. whom / saw attending 10
his usual duties an hour or 80 later
But the next morning strange discovery
was made The clambemad on the second
floor reported that iu the bed of room six
teen she bad found a valise aud that there
wereno sign, Of any person having occupied
the room during the night IL flashed over
me in a second that that porter Of mine, who
was a queer sort Of fellow. had made some
blunler. and / went up stairs 20 investigate
There was the yalise, sure enough but 10
sign of the traveller | hunted all over the
house for him without success, and had about
given up in despair, when ! happened 20 20
into the check room for something, and there
lay my travelling man asleep on the floor
with valise check number sixty-three care
fully tied around his neck. Chicago Herald.
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Ron Air Accommodation leaves hiNH" 'i'f
Sis ?: arrive Richmond Sal am
Nxed Train leaves Manchester $40 am i'i
Burkcyillc stopping az intermediate stat ..''-
arrives Manchester $40 PM.
SLEEPING-CA SERVICE.
On Trains - and 53 sleeping cars are run ic-
tween Richmond and Greensboro. Ihe-' =" -
are open at 2 pm. for passengers. sleeping .al
are also run on - and SO between DanNille ana
Montgomery. Danyillc and Aiken, GREENSBORO
and Raleigh: on trains Nos sd and 81 sleeping
cars are run between Danvlle and Atlanta
and Danyile and New Orleans
CONNECTIONS.
Train No ~ makes close connections at
Greensboro for Raleigh. GOdshOro' and More
head City: at Salisbury for AsnNile ana aN
points I'm Weercrn NOrtn 'aIoHud TT 'u"t
fottoe with CharlOttee, Columbia, and Augusta
railroad for Columbia. Augusta. Aiken. ~
vannah Charleston. and Florida also win
Carolina Central railroad for llml' kiOh' &C
Train 40. 81 has Pullman liuhot Sleeping ear
from Danville 10 Aiken making close con
nectiOn for Charleston 'aNannah' ana '"'"
Trains Nos. 5Oand 81 make close connection M
Greensboro for Raleigh ana ai points on
North Carolina division. Pullman sleeper d.
run ON these trains between 1rcch-N"'" ""'
TRAINS ON YORK RIVER LINE.
Leave Richmond Arttc hiCl' '"'''
800 pm. FlVH tn'.
Leave 2~th street. Arrive .rLN rit.''
+7lOam.. Freight. fs.20 pm.. Freight
Train leaving Richmond at $500 pm. ,0nncct,
40 West Point every lue-LiN, lhui-
day. and saturday with boat. arriving ai ha'"
more ann.
Fare Richmond to Baltimore only g. hist
class 81 80 second class.
sDaily. +Daily except sunday
Depot and ticket office foot virginia street.
uptown Office. corner Tenth and Nam streets
n n THOMAS JAMES d. TAYLOR
Gen Manager Gen. Pas. Agent
SOL. HAAS. D. n. pc ~
Traffic Manager. Asst Cen. fa-, Agent
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RAILROADS.
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DICHMOND AND ALLFGHtNv
III RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE or TRAINS rs EITf..
MARCH 2i. ls-l
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wEsrBoUND. VAL Aooou ~.
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RAILROADS.
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DIEDMONT AIRLINE.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE SYSTEM

SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT MARCH l3. 1851.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

SVWu8 0S0 n C0S8s
Befors tho days Of clock in hall,
Or watch in pocket. or on we'll.
TIE ancients told tbs time of day
ny measurements Of sun and shade,
Just a. you do, you froward jade,
Who can be everything but gay.
They ret NJ In a public place
dial. with painted face,
"hereon figure, like your nose,
or like your threatening finger, rose;
And when tho sun went up and down.
Pointed tho hours, as you do now,
with sui en- humorS on your brow,
For every hour different frown!
When the sun set, or bid bis light
In cloudy days. and in the night
They told tho time another way,
ny water, which from yes els dropped,
I'LL they were empticd, when It stopped,
And this They called the clepsydraL
You use the sam, old measure yet
For cvermore your eyes are wet,
You leaky creature old anL sour,
Whose We is a perpetual shower!
strong should ne DO, and in his prime,
10 whom, M wife, you measure time.
How he can tell, with you I'm sight,
Whether it be the day or night.
Has puzzled me. own, for years,
Your peev:,h tempers change so sooa.
Your frown, as now, proclaim, it noon,
And now tits m:dnight-by your tears,
Tx. IL. Stoddard in Harper's Mnysz ne.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

front yard picking red-veined autumn
leaves out Of the gold and russell drifts
that lay like treasures Of precious stones
upon the grass.
Sue was shut up among the mysteries
Of patterns" innumcrablc, with Miss
Sara Marteli. Ethel Hunt sat coloriny
and half frightened, the sole auditrcss OF
Mr.. Morand's objurgations.
II know there's some one down
therc!' he shouted. II can hear you
breathe and your dress rustic. Just like
your uglincss not to answer fellowi Do
you hear, Sucf Black my boots, quick I
I'm waiting for them -
And bang! bangl came the useful
articles of wear in question down the
winding stairway that led to the
kitchen.
Poor little Eihc.! She half rose un
then sat down again, pitcously undccid-
cd what to do, and even while she hest.
ta,ed, with color varying like the rcd
and white Of the American flag i'm a high
wind, the door at the foot Of the stair.
flew open AMI in stalkcd Mr.. ian Mo-
rand, sallow and dishcvcllcd, with un.
kempt hair and beard, frctfully> curved
mouth and most unbecoming costume of
Turkish dressing gown, faded pearl
coiorcd neither garment, and stockingcd
feet thrust into rel NOR rocco slippers.
II say, you" he snarlcd out, "why
don't you"
And than perceiving to whom hc was
actually addressing himself, hc started
back, turning fiery rel.
'Miss Huntf"
And, with downward glance at his
toilet, he fairy turned and fed, the
skirts of his Turkish dressing gown
floating like red and orange mctcors be.
hind him. And, mortified and terrified
though she was Ethel Hunt could not
resist the temptation to break into a
peal OF hearty lau liter.
This, then, was her ideal among man,
her 'Sir Launcelot' of fancied pcrfcc
tion snarling mt his mother and sister | Ike
an i'll conditioned bear, dinging old
boots down the stairs at them, tumbling
out OF bed ut 0 o'clock IN the morning,
while his mother split kindings and
picked tomatoes out in the Vegetable
garden! Like some Chinese idol so fell
Mr.. Julian Morand off his high pedestal
in the estimation Of Miss Ethel Hunt.
she told it all TO Sara Martcll when
they were safe at home.
"Aunt Sara" she said, 81 am thor
oughly disenchantcd."
Miss Martcll shrugged her shoulders
and mentally thanked her lucky stars.
II could have tod you rs much be-
fore" said she. "Thcse Adoniscs are
like cheap calico-thcy will neither wash
nor wear! Wait until Earle Ii. Wells
comes. Tie incest young fellow in the
world-aftcr my betrothcd husband"
When Mr.. Wol.s came he so far iusti-
fed Aunt Sara's cncomiums that Ethel
really did like him. And Aunt Sara was
willing to leave tho rest to fate.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03
Sea Lions in New Works Central Park

There arc eight Of these sea lions in all.
five cows and three bulls, and il was an
interesting sight to sec them removed
from their separate crates on the bank of
thc little pond. A big bull. some eight
feet long, was the first released. lie
crancd his neck, thrust his nose high in
in the air, and took good sniff. and
then, catching sight of the water. shuflied
over to the coping, poised himself on his
tanks. described crescent with his back.
dipped his~nOsc, and the loose iointcd.
loose skinned body seemed to leave
ground in series, and to describe the same
curve rs that which had been traced bv
his nose. lie remained below about a
minute, and rcappcaring set up terrific
roaring. which may have meant that he
found the pond neither deep nor salt
enough, and disappeared just in time 10
miss the answering roars and gruesomo
howls which came from tho lion and tiger
dcns hard by. The ether sea lions seemed
anxious to miss tLem TOO. for they hastily
waddlcd over TO the water and disap-
pcared. The Only exception was COW
SEA lion, who strbbornly refused TO leave
her dead calf-it died during the Journey
hitherward-ard three men were capaged
in the struggle before the dead infant
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03
NHcng'Ouf,


You give INC chalk for cheese" is an
old Italian saw that was evidently never
Intended to be applied to macaroni. You
might fool an Italian on chalk, but II
there Is one thing above another upon
which you average Ncapolitan or Gen.
ocse pddcs him eli it is his knowledge of
his national dish. Ilc knows il from its
Alpha TO its Omega, and will tell YOU
that its name was derived from the
Greek IIcsych, which means "perfect
happincss-bliss." And he'll tell you
that macaroni is worthy Of its name.
There is only one big establishment in
Philadelphia where macaroni is made.
and that is located at E'gh and Chris
tan streets. There arc several small
places whcr5 The paste is made by han I,
and many Italian families prepare their
own.
'IIow i it nader
Tho first thing necessary is 10 mix and
Enead the dough. For this purpose a
large wooden bowl or trough is required.
ihc SIC Of which is six feet in diameter
and over ono foot in depth. In This q
milestone revolvcs. weighing over 5000
pounds, About 200 pounds OF -four are
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

empticd into the bowl and enough water
added to make thin dough. This 10
spread around the inside Of the bowl.
II, machinery is then put in motion,
and the heavy stone wheel begins to re-
voive upon the -four and water, which
have been placed in such way that the
weight and motion OF tho wheel are con-
tirually pressing, rolling and kpcading
IL.
From the roller the dough goes to the
presser. This is an iron machine, cy-
lindrical in form, about two feet in
height and ono and half in diameter.
which is placed in a perpendicular 20.
sition. The lid of tho prcsser, which is
Of sold iron and fits exactly inside Of
the cylinder, is connected with large
steel screw of immense power. The bot
tom Of the presser is q copper plate ono
and half inches in thickness, and
IS perforated with small holes.
About ono hundred pounds Of the
dough arc put into the press. Tho inn.
mcnse power of the screw is now seen,
rs it gradually forces the lid toward the
bottom. The effect of this pressure
upon the dough serves to force il
through tho holes in the bottom, from
which it energies in tubc-likc form.
The holes in the copper plate are filled
in the center. so that tn, dough can
To- I'm . H.
edges, and in that way tho macaroni Is
made hollow.
When the larger varieties Of ma caroni
are to be cut into diff. sizes, guam
titles OF it are spread Upon heavy slab
and an attendant who is an. expert In
the work, proceeds to cut the stock as
required. Tho knife used has a blade
twenty inches in length. The handle
is held firmly in the right hand, while
the left hand is used as lever. 50
precise Is the work that the pieces cut
seldom vary the sixteenth Of an inch.
In cutting the smaller kinds and tho
fancy paste, a presscr, placed horizon
tally, is used, and an attachment con-
sisting Of several short knives worked by
steam, cuts the goods rs required, as
they emerge.
After coming from the presses, the
macaroni is placed upon wooden frames.
four feet wide and eight feet long
Across the bottoms of the frames net.
work of heavy Irvine is made, and upon
this is spread thick brown paper. The
macaroni Is put on top of the paper, and
the frame is placed upon large rack
that reaches from floor to ceiling.
AS great quantities of these goods arc
consumed, their manufacture furnishes a
distinct branch OF trade, which gives
employment to many people. In Phila
dclphia there are several of these manu-
factories, the one here described being
the largest in this country, and one OF
the best in the world. In this place
alone from three to five thousand pounds
of stock n made in single day, and
ready sale is found for the entire lot,
part of which is shipped to California
and even to the Sand witch Islands. -
lPhilade' phia Herald.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

-, Tho Now York Nation, commenting iron
the labor question AMI drinking habits *
many workingueu, s1ys:
Improvement in the hiogci's condition IL
imPos lblc without cutting down his drink
billL No social arrangement Which man can
make can benefit people who get dunk No
matter what wages y1u pay drinking mm,
Meth his cuud ton nos that Of his FAMILY
can be- improved thereby Thpr g. no ne in
providing extra holidays for mon who usr
them 20 get drunk. There j. 10 use IN cut
ting down the days laior from tsn 10 ci sht
hours, u the two hours COINED az. spent n n
rum hole. There wOJlt be 40 as ~ fnasiug
Arbitration cpmoIlspry. II one of tlis pIfiie.
was likely 10 D. KEPT from olcyin tbs ds'is
ion by liquor. There wouit D. no a., il
honliag Ovor all th1 pro Yar.y IN the wl.h
10 laborins men. II thy ariuS a; tncy Dc
now. tney woui soon disapats o. AN a -
nothing 20 the store
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03
ia DPl' BUrrPIS.

recently barrel was produced from
paper pulp which seemed destined to
supersede the wooden article. It looks
generally like common wo den barrel
thickly vanished, while only FIVE pieces
are cd in making it. 1t is bound with
ordinary wooden hoops, and the head is
in one piece, so constructed that it fits
into the barrel air-tight, and is held
firmly in place by hoop without the
use of nails. The bo!y is seamless, and
the interior AMI exterior are glazed with
Il substance which renders the barrel
lmpcrviouS to moisture so that LIQUIDS
OF all kinds cn DC transported into it
without loss. Thomas Doughcrty, the
chief -four inspector of the New York
Produce Exchange, certified that he had
Inspected 100 barrels of fl )ur which had
been shipped from distance in these
paper barrels, and had found them to be
all sound. 1t generally happens when
flour is shipped in wooden barrels that q
quantity OF it sits through the cracks
where the slaves join, and is lost. L.
was found by weighing the flour in
paper barrels that none of it had been
lost in this manner. The pulp used in
the production OF these barrels is OBJ
tanned from any fbrous substance, and
as there is hardly locality where some
such substance docs not grow, the bar
rel' can be manufactured almost any
where.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

Experts are examining tho salin e
springs in Monitobo, with the view OF
determining whether it Is possible to
make them remunerative. Salt in large
quantities is necessity in those inland
regions, and If it is found in paying
quantities it will be great saving to the
settlers, who already, though the coup
try is but sparsely popped, have annu-
ally to buy from the Ontario producers
from 800, 900 to $3.50, 600 of the
product.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03

''You must know that none of the
occupants of this building arc obliged
to even send their letters out o. door,
for deposit in lamp post box, "said the
superintendent of big apartment house
In New York. "There is n s,uicc in
every room, the letters are dropped in.
and rs soon as there is bit OF an accum.
ulation in the office we put il in the
box on the corner, and that's all the
trouble there is about it. Now he
continued, "what do you suppose our
next introduction is to be2 Well, we
change calendar in each suite every
morning, regulate the clock by electricity
and, by Gcmini, we are going to tell
them how the wind blows by a little
dial. There is q public weather dial.
and it has been there for years, on the
side Of a building down in Burlinp
slip. That will show you what mean
and pretty near how ours will be
workc l."
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03
Ho,U to Eat Peanuts.

A distinguished professor, incidental.
ly recommending his own rcc:-
pc for scrap-book making, with
the preparatory details, remarked to his
class, ~ suppose you are thinking you
did not go to college to learn to make
PASTE" A rule for eating peanuts seems
small affur, but there is no other kind
OF nut so largely eaten, and it is impor-
tant that such popular food should be
as wholesome as possible, and not
spoiled in preparation.
"Thcre is q diff renee in peanuts, {"
said corner vcndcr the other day.
"Somc nuts are largo and look very fine,
but they arc tastclcss. No matter how
carefully they are prepared and how
nice they are roasted, they are still
lacking in all the essentials of good
nut. They arc grown on soil that is
deficient in some important respects.
"a good rooster, like good cook or
good poet, must be born with a certain
qualification that cannot be acquired by
education. II the nuts arc roasted too
much, the oil is destroyed, and nut
has good deal of oil in it. If they are
not roasted enough, or if they are
roasted over slow fire, the oil is not
properly brought out, and they are not
good; in fact, they have disagrceablc
taste.
Some dealers steam them, but that
process spoils the good flavor of the nut.
Most of the nuts now sold como from
Virginia. The eastern shore nuts arc tho
best. P"'rons of the peanut often com.
plain that they find the kernels of tho
nut soft aud flexible instead of bcjno
brittle; that is because they have been
too long roasted.
III you want TO get nut ut its best.
you should cat it half an hour after i,
has been roasted. The roasted nuts arc
good for one day, and then they become
stale. Some people like them hot. bu:
such arc bad for tho teeth; besides. thew
have not acquired their proper taste.
People who arc inclined to be dvs-
pcptic should not eat many; il would
be better IL they didn't cat them at all.
Properly roasted peanuts arc healthy for
healthy people. An ordinary peanut
cater cats ono minute, which is too
last Philadelphia Press.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-03
yhc ChteGcst Of Deaths servants.

Consumption is mankind's greatest
scourgc. According to tho highest au-
thoritics on the statistics Of disease. two.
seventies Of the human race die of con-
sumption Of the lungs. This is over 2s
per cent, mortality higher than from
war, famine and plague The Oacntal
paguc, the black death, cho,crn. snail
pox and yellow fever have ~ times car.
Rcd of such great numbers Of the human
family as 20 profoundly alarm the
stricken communities, but the total mum.
Der Of victims Of all these SOURCES COM
bincd is less than the number killed by
consumption during any single century
OF tho history Of our race sine, written
history began. Tho mortality labrcs
tell dreadful tale. OF total 81 t2 500
deaths IN the city Of Chicago in 1885.
1000, or onc-tenth, was caused by con
sumption Of the lungs. Consumption
and pneumonia together carried of 1900
persons, and bronchitis anil congestion
Of tho lungs 600 moro. Nor, tina, 1000
Of the total deaths were OF minors. and
as few minors die Of consum3tion IL fol.
lows that Of the 5000 deaths Of adult.
100 were caused by the tcrr bic phthi,is
puimonaIis. Nearly two-Gf;l,s of al de-.
ceased adults were the Wet ms II con.
sumption or pneumonia. - ICh;ca o
Herald.